| RolStoppable said: Yes, it gets the problem sorted... at the cost of consumers' trust in the company. By your logic, Nintendo should absolutely go ahead and try all sorts of things to monetize their games further, because apparently that's smart business. But consumers won't take it lightly that they are becoming guinea pigs, so it's not as simple as saying that Nintendo loses nothing by trying. |
Judging by the sales of the handheld Mario Golf games, it's not like they're affecting a particularly large number of Nintendo fans.
It seems your logic is "do things the way they've always been done or Nintendo fans will be upset". In which case, I am surprised there are any Nintendo fans left after we've had a guinea pig dual screen handheld; guinea pig 3D handheld; guinea pig motion control console and now guinea pig tablet console. All of which are much longer term investments than a game which may or may not be the tipping point in terms of future business decisions.
I'm stretching this example a bit, but you're basing your whole argument on the assumption that Nintendo fans are loyal to a t yet would jump ship the moment the first new business direction is taken. An assumption which can neither be proved nor disproved without trying. But I'd imagine one title will not be the tipping point; if it's the first in a line then it will be.
